[longtermmemmory]

Actually Ohio passed their DOMA and 80% of the senators voted for DOMA. That was with more democrats in the Senate.

It would be suicide for a politician to vote against the FMA. It has a high probability of passing.

In case you missed it:
Amendments
First Amendment - Religion and Expression
Second Amendment - Bearing Arms
Third Amendment - Quartering Soldiers
Fourth Amendment - Search and Seizure
Fifth Amendment - Rights of Persons
Sixth Amendment - Rights of Accused in Criminal Prosecutions
Seventh Amendment - Civil Trials
Eighth Amendment - Further Guarantees in Criminal Cases
Ninth Amendment - Unenumerated Rights
Tenth Amendment - Reserved Powers
Eleventh Amendment - Suits Against States
Twelfth Amendment - Election of President
Thirteenth Amendment - Slavery and Involuntary Servitude
Fourteenth Amendment - Rights Guaranteed, Privileges and Immunities of Citizenship, Due Process and Equal Protection
Fifteenth Amendment - Rights of Citizens to Vote
Sixteenth Amendment - Income Tax
Seventeenth Amendment - Popular Election of Senators
Eighteenth Amendment - Prohibition of Intoxicating Liquors
Nineteenth Amendment - Woman's Suffrage Rights
Twentieth Amendment - Commencement of the Terms of the President, Vice President and Members of Congress.
Twenty-First Amendment - Repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment
Twenty-Second Amendment - Presidential Tenure
Twenty-Third Amendment - Presidential Electors for the District of Columbia
Twenty-Fourth Amendment - Abolition of the Poll Tax Qualification in Federal Elections
Twenty-Fifth Amendment - Presidential Vacancy, Disability, and Inability
Twenty-Sixth Amendment - Reduction of Voting Age Qualification
Twenty-Seventh Amendment - Congressional Pay Limitation

These amendments were not in the constitution until they were put there. It is not a Judges place to legislate marriage from the bench. This has to be stopped because this is the issue on our plate.

[hunter112]

It would be suicide for a politician to vote against the FMA.

Believe me, most Rats, and a lot of Republicans don't want to vote on this in an election year. There are always ways to bottle this up in committee to avoid having to deal with it until after November. That's my prediction for what will happen with any FMA.

[kingu]

It is not a Judges place to legislate marriage from the bench. This has to be stopped because this is the issue on our plate.

Put whatever you want after the first part - it is only the first part that matters. Judges do not legislate. They are not allowed to legislate. They are not permitted to legislate. The executive may not legislate. The only body that has the power to legislate is the Congress. In all matters, that is the only issue. That is what needs to be stopped. Anything beyond, in my opinion, is a band-aid.